Overview
- Provides an international, interdisciplinary perspective on social policy and the penal system
- Highlights the distinctive Nordic model for the welfare state and prison conditions
- Discusses the role of the state and how ideology links to social policy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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The Principle of Normalisation—Theory and Practice
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A View from the Outside—Scandinavian Penal Practice Under Foreign Scrutiny
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Conclusion
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Thomas Ugelvik is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice
Book Subtitle: Embraced By the Welfare State?
Editors: Peter Scharff Smith, Thomas Ugelvik
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58529-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58528-8Published: 11 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84408-1Published: 23 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58529-5Published: 28 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 540
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Politics of the Welfare State, Crime and Society, Policing, Critical Criminology